CVE-2017-7593

Publication date 9 April 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

tif_read.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 does not ensure that tif_rawdata is properly initialized, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted image.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
tiff	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

this will not be fixed in precise/esm

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
tiff	Upstream: d603320

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N